单词 | carbon credit |
释义 | > as lemmascarbon credit carbon credit n. a tradable permit which allows a country, company, etc., to produce a certain amount of carbon emissions; usually in plural. ΚΠ 1990 Toronto Star 26 Apr. a27 Economists and some politicians are talking of carbon taxes and carbon credits. 2001 E. Losos in R. A. Fimbel et al. Cutting Edge xxvii. 631 The recent sale of national carbon credits from Costa Rica to the government of Norway for $10/ton C—totaling $2,000,000. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Dec. c4/2 225 companies that have made promises to reduce greenhouse gases..are trading carbon credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange. < as lemmas |
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